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   corner

   /ˈkɔːnə/

   noun

   • 1. a place or angle where two sides or edges meet: "Jan sat at one corner of the table"
   • ▪ the area inside a room or other space near the place where two walls or other surfaces meet: "the colour TV in the corner of the room" Similar nookcrannynicherecessbayboothalcoveinglenookingleapsecrevicecavityholehollowindentationsecret placehideawayhideoutinformal:hidey-hole
   • ▪ a place where two or more streets meet: "the huge bookshop on the corner"
   • ▪ a sharp bend in a road: "they took the corner in a skidding turn" Similar bendcurvearckinkdog-legcrookdeviationturnturningjunctionforkintersectionangleprojectionapexcusphairpinhairpin bend
   • ▪ a place where two planes of rock meet at an angle of between 60° and 120°. British
   • 2. a location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote: "fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares" Similar districtregionareasectionquarterpartinformal:neck of the woods
   • 3. a position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity: "London doesn't have a corner on film festivals"
   • 4. a difficult or awkward situation: "I didn't wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner" Similar predicamentplighttricky situationticklish situationawkward situationtight cornertight spotspot of troublebit of botherdifficultyproblempuzzlequandarydilemmamuddlemessquagmiremiremare's nestdire straitswith nowhere to turncomessinformal:picklejamstewfixholescrapebindfine kettle of fishhot waterhow-do-you-do
   • 5. a place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender: "he put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area"
   • ▪ a free hit in field hockey, taken from the corner of the field.
   • 6. each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds: "when the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner"
   • ▪ a contestant's supporters or seconds: "Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner"
   • 7. a triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon. British

   verb

   • 1. force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape: "the man was eventually cornered by police dogs" Similar drive into a cornerrun to earthrun to groundbring to baycut offblock offtraphem inshut inpen inclose inenclosesurroundcapturecatchwaylayambusharchaic:ambuscade
   • ▪ detain (someone) in conversation: "I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes"
   • 2. control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity: "whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen" Similar gain control ofgain dominance oftake overcontroldominatemonopolizecaptureinformal:hogsew uparchaic:engross
   • ▪ establish a corner in (a commodity): "you cornered vanadium and made a killing"
   • 3. (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road: "no squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin cornu ‘horn, tip, corner’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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